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SR. QA ENGINEER (JOB #347)Tripwire

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Job Summary
The Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer is responsible for a leadership role in an agile research and development organization, working closely with scrum teams to execute on product backlogs, champion customer focused solutions, drive successful defect resolutions, and communicate product readiness to key product stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities & Duties
? Take a lead role and mentor junior staff members, both on and near-shore.
? Evangelize and implement best QA and Development practices.
? Apply independence and creativity to problem solving across project assignments.
? Establish and drive short-term and long-term goals for a small team of test engineers.
? Design, author and execute automated and manual test procedures to ensure timely defect discovery.
? Document clear, concise and detailed product defect reports and work with developers to ensure successful defect reproduction and resolution.
? Engage and participate on an Agile team of a world class software engineers.
? Provide ongoing project status to direct management and stakeholders
? Maintain strong customer focus when producing results.
? All other duties as assigned.
Scope
Working independently and with the Scrum teams, the Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer resolves a wide range of diverse problems utilizing personal judgment and experience to develop solutions in a creative manner.
Interacts with employees at all levels of the organization and takes personal responsibility for meeting the needs of the customer while demonstrating an understanding of business objectives. Authority to act within defined policies within the area of expertise/knowledge as directed.
Effectively communicates research findings to the organization and develops plans for implementation. Determines necessary resources required and develops goals and metrics for function.
Supervision Exercised
No formal supervision exercise, but will act a lead and mentor to more junior team members.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required
? Bachelor?s degree in Computer Science or related combination of industry experience and education.
? 10+ years experience in commercial software development with a minimum of 5 years? experience leading Software QA teams in an Agile software environment.
? Experience testing enterprise-class, distributed applications.
? Power-user level competency on Windows and Unix platforms.
? Experience with structured programming and scripting languages (such as: .NET, C/C#/C++, Java, Perl, PowerShell).
? Advanced SQL skills is a plus.
? Positive self-starter attitude with excellent verbal and written communication skills.
? Experience with agile software testing and development methodologies, including code coverage and complexity measurements.
? Thorough understanding of the Agile software development paradigm and the Scrum process.
? Experience working with remote engineering teams.
? Ability to travel internationally is a requirement.
? Experience testing security software is a plus.